9B Unit 4 Life on Mars
第一课时教材梳理
一、 课文复习
朗读课文,并根据所学内容完成下列短文
Our own p , the Earth, is becoming more and more crowded and (污染)because of the rapid (增加) in population. It is hoped that the humans could build a better world on Mars.
At present, it will take our spacecraft months to carry large numbers of (乘客) toMars. By 2100, the journey might only take about 20 minutes in spacecraft that travel at the s of light.
Food would most probably be in the (形式) of pills and would not be so tasty.
Gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. People would have to wear boots that (专门地) designed to prevent themselves from floating off into space.
C with life on the Earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways. People would have more space and every student would have a computer at home connected to an interplanetary network.
Life on Mars would be interesting as w as challenging.
二、话题主线
Life on Mars
Transport
Food & Money
Houses& Schools
●Shopping & Entertainment
其他短语
1.睡袋 2.再; 重新
3.快速增长 4.同意、一致
5.开展、执行 6.毕竟
三、巩固运用
1. the number of 和 a number of 的区别
a. In this factory, the women workers is about 200.
b. Now, people like to spend their holidays in foreign countries.
2. risk 的用法归纳
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3.定语从句与简单句之间的转换
四、重点句型
1. It is hoped that people could start all over again and build a better world on Mars.
2. Here is what life there could be like.
3. At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of passengers to Mars —— it would take months.
4. With the development of technology, by the year 2100, the journey might only take twenty minutes in spacecraft that travel at the speed of light.
5. The spacecraft would travel so fast that the journey to Mars might be quite uncomfortable.
6. Compared with life on Earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways.
7. It's worth the risk.
8. If you want to drive, you can buy a car which floats in the air.
五、书面表达
假如你是阳光中学的李华,每周五下午你校开设校本必修课(required course)与选修课(elective course),请介绍必修课 Travel of Science, 另外根据个人具体情况选择一门选修课并说明理由;同时,对你所选择的课程提出建议。
Required course
Subject Travel of science ● introducing scientists and inventions
Teacher a professor
Time &Place ● 2:30p. m.—3:15p. m.● school hall
Tip take notebooks and pens
要求:
1.所写内容必须包括必修课及一门选修课的所有信息;
2.对你所选择的一门选修课说明理由,并对其提出建议;
3.文章不少于 90词,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
4.语意通顺,意思连贯,条理清楚,书写规范;
5.文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名等信息。
Every Friday afternoon, our school offers required and elective courses.
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第二课时课堂巩固
一、 单项选择
( )1. Can you imagine what our future life could
A. be like B. like C. likes D. be liked
( )2. Spacecraft have helped people travel around the Earth, but they are not fast enough to carry people to Moon.
A. a great deal of B. a large number of
C. the number of D. the large numbers of
( )3. The long journey by air was boring uncomfortable. Many students felt sick all the way.
A. so good as B. as good as C. so well as D. as well as
( )4.— About your new invention, all ofus think you can make it better . Why not try again
—OK. I will try to improve it.
A. in the way B. in some ways C. on the way D. by the way
( )5. — What are you looking for
—I'm looking for the pen I bought yesterday.
A. who B. when C. which D. where
( )6.— Jack, I’ d like to have your opinions about my report.
— . But I have one suggestion.
A. That's a good idea B. I agree with you
C. It looks fine to me D. Check it first
二、同义句改写
1. Food on the Earth is more delicious than food on Mars.
Food on Mars isn’ t on the Earth.
2. He wants to buy a house which has a big garden.
He wants to buy a house a big garden.
3. The journey to England will take me 16 hours.
I will the journey to England.
4. We need to move to Mars because the earth is polluted.
We need to move to Mars .
三、根据所给中文完成句子
1. Nothing can (阻止我们到火星旅行).
2. Can you describe (未来生活会是什么样)
3. Can this bird (以一半光速的速度飞行吗)
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第三课时能力提升
一、 阅读理解
After spending years searching for a planet with life, scientists may have found one. In September2010, a team of US scientists discovered an Earth-sized planet called Gliese 581g. It has a surface temperature neither too hot nor too cold for liquid(液态) water. Scientists think there is a chance that the planet could have life.
The planet Gliese 581g goes around a star called Gliese 581, which is about 20 light-years from the Earth. That is about 194 trillion(万亿) kilometres—500 million times farther away from us than the moon.
A spacecraft traveling at a one-tenth of the speed of light would reach Gliese 581g within about220 years. A human can't live that long, but robotic explorers could make the job easier. However, our fastest spacecraft don't come anywhere near that one-tenth light-speed mark.
At present, scientists don't know what the surface might be like on Gliese 581g. What they know is that the planet is at the right distance from its star to have liquid water. It's also at the right distance to have an atmosphere that could protect the water if it is on the surface.
Although spacecraft won't be getting there anytime soon, one way to look for life on Gliese 581g is to turn our radio telescopes(望远镜) towards the planet and search for radiation(放射). By studying the radiation, scientists would find out about the chemicals(化学物质) around the planet and discover it Gliese 581g has an atmosphere. If it has one, studying the atmosphere would give us a good idea if the planet has life or not. But it' ll probably be many years before we can do this properly.
People have been arguing about whether there is alien life on Gliese 581g. Any discussion about alien life is just guessing at this point, according to its discoverers.
( )1. What did scientists find in September 2010
A. A planet with water. B. A planet different from the earth.
C. A planet without life. D. A planet near the earth.
( )2. According to the article, Gliese 581g .
A. is at the right distance from its star B. moves around the earth
C. is as far away from us as the moon D. can be reached in about 220 years
( )3. Paragraph 5 is mainly about .
A. the possibility of living on Gliese 581g
B. the kinds of chemicals around Gliese 581g
C. the way of looking for life on Gliese 581g
D. the aim of studying the radiation on Gliese 581g
( )4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage above
A. Gliese 581g,a Likely Living Planet. B. Gliese 581g and Its Surface.
C. Gliese 581g and Its Star. D. Gliese 581g and Radiation.
二、阅读短文,完成表格 (每空一词)
Most parts of our Earth have much water, fresh air and lots of land to plant crops. But it is becoming
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more and more crowded and polluted. People living on Earth suffer from environment pollution. Man has been polluting Earth. Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Polluted water kills our fish and makes our drinking water dirty. In cities, it is so noisy that it makes us angry more easily.
More and more people are thinking about living on Mars in the future. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. People have imagined living on Mars since the beginning of the twentieth century.However, people still need to solve many problems before we could live on Mars.
First of all, Mars can be very hot but sometimes it can be very cold. It can be low as-133℃. It is impossible for humans to survive in this kind of low temperature. Secondly, water is a problem. About3 billion years ago, there was water on Mars, but it had become ice.
So at present, Earth is our ideal home. We must take care of it. That means we must keep the land,water and air clean. And we must control population growth at the same time.
The planets The living conditions
Earth Advantages Earth is beautiful and it has much water,(1)______ air and lots of land to plant crops.
(2) _ Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. There are(3)_______ kinds of main pollution: water, air and (4)______pollution. Of them,(5)_____ pollution is the most serious.
Mars Advantages There is no pollution on Mars. And it is not(6)_ .
Disadvantages It's hard to (7)________ because the temperature on Mars can be low as-133℃ at times. And the water there has become(8)_____ .
What we should do We should (9)_______ our Earth because it is our ideal home. We should keep the land, water and air clean, and control population(10)________.
三、首字母填空
Man has been travelling into space for more than 40 years. Even though today, very few people get the chance to be an astronaut, about 30 people per year. This is mainly because of the expense.
It costsm 1 of dollars to train and send astronauts into space. Very few countries can a 2 this.
American businessman Dannis Tito paid 20,000,000 US dollars to the Russian Space Agency(俄罗斯宇航局) to be taken into space. He visited the International Space Station. His trip made him the f 3 ever space tourist. He spent most of the time t 4 photos and looking at the Earth.
After 1 5 safely back on Earth, Mr Tito thought the trip was w 6 the money. The only d 7 he had was walking but this is normal for anyone who's been in zero gravity.
Mr Tito received t 8 before he left. He also helped to prepare food for the others when in space. They told him what to do and where he was a 9 to go.
The money he gave the Russians was p 10 for 20% of their annual budget(年度预算).
If we want to see men on Mars and other planets, we may need rich people to help us.
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